Fun fact: Torx screwdrivers are compatible with Torx Plus screws, but Trox Plus screwdrivers are only compatible with Torx screws that are one size larger

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I repair a lot of tech and I have never seen torx other than the standard, and security version. And security torx drivers are compatible with regular torx

    • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Use torx all the time on not only building sites, but in machinery repair too.

      There’s only one type of torx and I think OP is winding us up :)

      Edit - ha ha oh my fucking god. So it turns out the patent for torx expired in 1990. No change for us in Europe, we’re still mostly using the original design.

      Not so much for the yanks. Textron, the original patent holder, realised it’d be faaaar more profitable to “licence” slightly improved designs and try to phase out the original

      Enjoy your torx my euro friends, and have a giggle at the seppos paying for a fucking screw head lol

      Greed to the point of mental illness 😂